baron
/ˈbaɹən/noun2 syllables
Baron means: a very wealthy or powerful businessperson.
Synonyms for baron14
noun, as in a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
also used for baron
big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise
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What does baron mean?3
noun
1
a very wealthy or powerful businessperson“an oil baron”
2
a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
3
a British peer of the lowest rank
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Baron in a sentence
- While the rest of us toil, the robber barons eat from gilt tableware.Auride
- While the rest of us work hard, the robber barons eat with gilded utensils.LeviHighway
- A viscount ranks below an earl or count but above a baron.rul
- The seemingly noble knights turned out to be rotten robber barons.sundown
- Knights acted as a counterpoise to the barons.remline
- There's a documentary on today about steel barons.sundown
- I thought that you were a baron.Eccles17
- Father Zachary urged these perils to the Baron with all the force of monkish rhetoric.Hybrid
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Forms of baron
as a noun
- plural
- barons